Re: Thanks for seat heater bulb tips

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

Dick Green wrote:

> Other good suggestions were to use a magic marker (couldn't find one in the
> house with ink that sticks to glass) and red nail polish (none on hand --
> the wife only had dark pink.) I think the best suggestion was to check a
> hobby store for the little lights they sell for electric trains -- they have
> red ones which are about $3 apiece, but well worth paying $6 instead of
> $110! I'll be checking into that soon.

DON'T use fingernail polish. Tried that, the bulb just burns out to a nice
black lump. I've used red magic marker on a bulb for a different application
[non-automotive] and it seems to be holding up.

Just a general note to all. 1993 and above, the 90 series has clear plastic in
the seat heater switches and needs a red bulb. My personal solution was to ream
out the hole with a drill bit [battery drill set on low speed], and mount in a
red LED/resistor combo. Looks exactly like the original bulb, now I just need
to do the other one [even though it isn't burnt out, yet].

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